It would be really great if vale got the international sports personaliy this year, the only trouble is, we cant vote

and it was olympia..

so it is gonna be a hart one to win

ehhh.... that would be certainley great!

Nearing on impossible I guess... Is he actually nominated?

Ha, show me the olympian with a personality....

So by the very definition of the award, Rossi shoudl win it year in, year out...

He might score it, having overcome all the odds and bad press from last year to win his WC... hope he gets it... he's one person who should win every goddamn thing going...

the nominee comes from many kind of sports? like tennis, golf, else.. not only racing world? then it'd be hard for vale to win but I hope get that..

i dont' really know how this award works, but i bet it's more for olympic sports and the likes.
motors racing is not even considered a sport in those environments.

it's probably going to someone who in the minds of the promoters is a "real" example of sportman (= a champion of ethics and moral).
someone whom with his "example" should enhance the good virtues of the sport.

so it's probably be one of those meeting of footbal and other rich sports haters

the prize is probably going to someone who lives sport and church, or to someone claiming that thanks to the sport was able to overcome some big personal problem (yeah sure, it was sport and not downers and shrinks who put you off your suicidal thoughts) or to someone that helped the building of some gyms in some slums (yeah, hopefully it will put off the streets one kid while the others 3.000 will be left pushing crack just because they were slim and not suited to boxe), or to someone championing some sport but still barely making ends meet because not even his family would enjoy watching his discipline (bet you weren't that good playing football when you used to dream about lifting that world cup in the sky, eh?).

or probaly it's going to that guy who runs with metallic legs because he never gave up and he deserved a place in the olympics among the "normals" because he would have liked that so much and he is a "real" athlete, not a spoiled rich one like Ronaldo or Ronaldinho. and who cares if olympics were some other "normal" athlete's dream who will never come true because he had to give up his place for the special one. he ain't nobody! Pistorious was in all national TVs!



ehehehe sorry, just wanted to play iconoclast with some dark humour.

yeah well, have a good award whoever's gonna win it

They should have one category specifically for motorsports so motorsports athletes and olympians compete just among themselves for the award. Olympic sports and motorsports are two different entity. Of course both are sports but the element is just different for evaluation purposes.

i think it is very diffucult to chose one person for this award.. because they are all very very good and you can not really compare the performances ..because if you ask me..they are all amazing and they all should get one. i respect them very much for what they are doing... i could never do that...so i think that this kind of award is pretty much unfair ..to have to chose only one...

I think that we have to put people up, but i rekon Phelps will get it
at lesy we know that motorsport will get a mention, cuse james was up the th sports personality last year, but i think we can put vales name down, and the BBC decide (in other words it will be rigged) no offence to the BBC of course!!